?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Towards+a+Theory+Grounded+Theory+of+Language&rft.creator=Prince%2C+Christopher+G.&rft.creator=Mislivec%2C+Eric+J.&rft.creator=Kosolapov%2C+Oleksandr+V.&rft.creator=Lykken%2C+Troy+R.&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Language&rft.subject=Robotics&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.description=In+this+paper%2C+we+build+upon+the+idea+of+theory+grounding+and+propose+one+specific+form+of+theory+grounding%2C+a+theory+of+language.+Theory+grounding+is+the+idea+that+we+can+imbue+our+embodied+artificially+intelligent+systems+with+theories+by+modeling+the+way+humans%2C+and+specifically+young+children%2C+develop+skills+with+theories.+Modeling+theory+development+promises+to+increase+the+conceptual+and+behavioral+flexibility+of+these+systems.+An+example+of+theory+development+in+children+is+the+social+understanding+referred+to+as+%C2%93theory+of+mind.%C2%94+Language+is+a+natural+task+for+theory+grounding+because+it+is+vital+in+symbolic+skills+and+apparently+necessary+in+developing+theories.+Word+learning%2C+and+specifically+developing+a+concept+of+words%2C+is+proposed+as+the+first+step+in+a+theory+grounded+theory+of+language.&rft.publisher=IEEE&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Conference+Poster&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=other&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2222%2F1%2FCogPrints.doc&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2222%2F5%2FCogPrints.pdf&rft.identifier=++Prince%2C+Christopher+G.+and+Mislivec%2C+Eric+J.+and+Kosolapov%2C+Oleksandr+V.+and+Lykken%2C+Troy+R.++(2002)+Towards+a+Theory+Grounded+Theory+of+Language.++%5BConference+Poster%5D++++(In+Press)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2222%2F